Variety (May 1950)

OnC'HEStll A^MIJKIC ^R/E'fr Wejnegday^ Stay 31. 1959 I iri Sine|ih9 His Latest Hit MA-JIG pECCA 270Z2 .also DARN IT BART, THArS LOVE coupled with (ANY NieHTI 0ECCA 249M Single Records Price 7Sd EctcH (Plus tax) DECCA RETAIL DISK BEST SELLERS Survey. ol retaii disk: best sellets, based .on reiTiOTts ob taiubd fromleading .stores, in 12 cities and showing conir paraiive. sa Ies fating for this an d last week. . ew. Vi Q ^ M .7 ..-2■.■■■2^ .^ 4 ' 10 58 46 8B 4 ■ ; ANDRKWS SIS-G.' .lt;NKINS-:(D) . .S'-., 12;’.. ‘‘i. \Vamla■•:Bc^Lovcd’’—27.007: • ; PERRY :CblvicriVictor 6 11 ‘^Hoop-Dee-Dod’'—204747 :: . ":V:.:T: GORDON;'JENKINS.:(DeccaV' ".7- ^ V.. 9 -1 'Fpolish-; Hearr'-^2403(). .: 2 . Isn't vFair’’-^204609 , ■’^'iviRS^ BRDS.. (Cora'L>,^^ '••8B. . :;4,- ‘^.entimciUal Me”—G0I4()'y;.. • ■SAtot^kAYE < YictOTV'v' 9A la • ^‘Wanderin’”—20-3680; : , • V/ 'MILLS BHb^^liecca>;. ' OB 8 ; ‘‘Daddy's Little Girr'-^24872 . " HUGO WINLERHALTElt t Viclor) lb ; : J5 •^“Cduht:; Eye.ry.-^.tpr”r-20-3697B -; . .. E.-MERMAN-k’BOLGERMDec^U^ -.jj; ^^‘pearie”—24873 • • : . -iSRIlY^Obk M Ahbeyr 12A 15 “Old piaiid Rdll Blues’’^ 15003 . . ^klkEEN.BARTON'tMdrc^^ 12 B 7; “knew You Were C>mins'’—5302 ■^“^■■^^bORIS^'bA\^ICdtunTl)ia )' i2G 13 “Hpop-bee^DooV—38771 13 A 12 “Rain”—10669 ’'^“^LUE'BARRON M-G-M)- 13 B . “Hpiiestly, .1. Love Ypn”— 10672 .. ^ 1FIlAkkII^^INC‘]^^^^^^ 13C .. . ‘‘Stars and Skipi^s. Forever”—5421 “ PATTrPAG if'i Me rc ury 13D . “Sun Don't Shine”—5306 ■ - TONY ^MARLIN 14A 15 /‘Valencia”—20-3755 DORIS DAY (Cdlunil)ial 14B 12 “Bewitched”-—38680 > y. ' - ^ AN AUGUST” Mercury)' .7.4. . 14C “Bewitched’^—5399 . DORIS DA^ (Cblunibia) 15A 14: “Enjoy Yourself”—38709 SAMMY KAYE (Victor)' 15B . ,, “Roses”—20-3754 BLU'E~BARRbN ■■ (M-G-M) 6 4 ^ .. 14C ■■ '1JA_^ 1 5 By ■ ■ 15C .. .:.y ... 25:' .. \ y:By..'4 2 7 14. .,. . :^.;'^ J3 ■ ; 4 10 .1 . _ 10 £ £ 2 ■a o - _V ■’ .. ■ . y ..,. -•• ■■ 9 ■, 2 • ... b . 1 0 .. 8 . . V:'.> 8 ’ : ’■,... 4 ''.'. .:-8 : .. :7- .y\ :... . . 1' . 7 :■ ■ ■ oiar m Roof, N. Y., July 27 for four wee Engagement marks the first ho ^and^^he”Ho«roLCharnV'out fit in N. Y. in alrnpst 10 years; ? Spitalny follows Sammy Kavt and Vaughn M he hotel. Roof , opens the tomorrow U) with Guy and Vic Damone; ^ Wiliik Jacfe Due k T oToriii His 0 wii BanI . Jackson, ioatuced teu(^ sax with the.CopUs Williams 0,-ci' will bow 'will), 'hisown :'band i'ii about t\vo nionths;, tione! Ham£ ton IS .repoi-tedly, backing the veri- tui-e pich will include ' about eight men.: ; , ; Associated Booking Corp will handle:tile coinbox whicIV is also set to wax for Apollo Records, n!\ y- Robert T. Conner, fornier Decca plant exec, has been named hiad^ ager of Muzak’s plant in El^/abetli- town, Ky. :?rriR Iv the d; ce all by; p iv.e -; res ages fo m il sic . rue of HinitiiiTaiini IM ICl llllItllllMgi! HlHOjlHl Ruii .1 Ai Donohiie brch jnlo Glen .(.hand. Casino, New Rochelle. ; N- Y., May 29 until. June 4. Band . starts a Paramount .theatre, N. Y., ■ run three days later : The .Orioles, Negro vocal quin- tet, begin a southern tour of 30 : bne-niterS June 12 in Suffolk,. Va; I. . . Boh Smith, saker with Erskine I Hawkins’ orehy who uses his ow'n ‘ band to record for Apollo Records, ■j plattered “After Hours” and “Tip- pin In’’ for the com last week. Both numbers,’ the latter Vi^ritten by Smith,; are w.k. as Hawkihs special t ies. Chicaga Airt Talmadge, Mdreury advertis- ing and promotion veepee, in New York last week to huddle with Joe Carletdu and Harry Geller. * ; . .Personal management teani of Sam; Lut* 4nd Seymour lleller have signed Claire “Shaiity'’ Hogan . Lawrence VVelk inlo Trianon Ball- Toom July: 22 to September 10 . . . I Dick Jurgens into Aragon Ballroom ; July 18 for four weeks ... Disk I jockey Eddie Hubbard • guests oh the Robert Q. Lewis show iii New York June 12. Hubbard, inciden- tally, has' hired Bob Luiidbloiiv as his assistant, replacing Ed Mc- Elroy . . . Tex Beneke opens four- week stand at Edgewater Beach hotel here June 9, From there he goes to Lakeside Park. .Denver, July 11 for two weeks , , . Billy Bishop into Dutch Mill, Lake Dele- van, M(isc., July 14 for two weeks . . % Bob Chester to Casa Blanca Club, Canton, O;, June 2 for two weeks . . . George Olsen to Lake- side Park June 9 for two weeks , Eddy McGuire opened fouv- ' week stand at WoodPark, Cold.,- ! asi wee k \ . .Jack Fin a to; MUeUle- bach Hotel;^^yK^ Gity, July 5 lor. t wo weeks . .,. .Dave Le Win ter ■ has signed cOnlracL with Mercury, and his first album; a group of Latln-Aniei’icah numbeVs, is sched- i uied for release soon v Evelyn Knight’s opener on the Pet Milk radio stint. “Great pay in the, Morning,’” Was penned by .Jack Fultpn and Jackie Smith Hubbard, wife of deej ay. Eddie Hubbard and formerly in charge of disk jockey promotion for Mercury. Records. Seymour lleller, personal mana- ger; stopped oft' a couple of days last week to make the; rounds of disk jockeys while on his way to New .York . . Joe Sanders into Casino of Tomorrow, local nitery which starts band policy June 23. (Gorttinued on page 41) p.FL0RISr’ Yqu^hn MonrpeV RCA-Viclor Jaclc Owens, Decca. WHISPERING RAIN MILLS MUSIC. 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